Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-30
Packing a uon.am's Trunk.

Tt may be of interest to you to know
that l have been assisted in packing my
trunks this week by Jack, and that, the
Lord preserving me, no man shall ever
aid me again. He told me he packed
on a principle, and now see how prin-
ciple works. For myself, confess to
having lacked principle, and 1 am not
sorry. He said all good packers put
the heavy things OF the bottom, and
then packed the lighter ones over them.
There was no use arguing, SO I just let
him pack one trunk, and then had him
turn it over once, not in the rude way
that the baggage-man would, but in a
ladylike sort OF fashion, and the result
of this gentle gesture was something
dreadful
He had counted az the heaviest
things a lot of books, and they were
systematically arranged at the bottom.
Over them were number Of cotton
frocks, and as entreaties on my part to
pack around with stockings and hand
llerchiefs were sneered at, and the
frocks given plenty of room you could
not imagine the effect. After the trunk
had its turn, it was opened and the
frocks were discovered in perfect
bundles, while the heavy books were
distributed among their folds, and if
things had gone as Jack packed them,
I shouldn't have had cotton frock to
wear, nor whole book to read. A
well-packed trunk, unlike a man, is
best when tight, and as no woman un-
derstands the art of folding pair Of
trousers or a dress-coat, so no man can
pack woman's trunk.
In the first place he wants to dictate
about what ought and what ought not
to go. He will say: "What in the
world are you taking all these paper
books for? You can buy them down
there" OF course you can, but you
have them and you haven't read them.
and you might as we'll save two or
three dollars by taking them with you.
Then he wonders why, if you are going
in for being economical, you take a full
box OF powder that has never been
openened instead of the half used one
that is on your dressing case. This
stamps him donkey right away, for
no matter how tight the half-opened
one may be tied up, the chances are al
ways that the string will burst, and a
lot Of fine powder will be permanently
placed either on black lace bonnet or
i'll a lot OF fine passementerie. The
only thing that does appeal to him is
small hand-satchel in which you have
put bottle of old sherry, one Of
French brandy, and ono Of blackberry
brandy, and the assertion that these
are to be kept for sickness is met with
o contradictory grin
! He is in state OF wonderment as 10
how YOU know certain things are going
to happen, forgetting that sad expert
enee has taught you exactly what yon
Will need; that you take the pretty lit
tie pot OF Recamier cream because YOU
know you will be frightfullv sunburned
and you want something that is certain
to be cool and bring your skin to it's
proper condition; that the shoe-polish
must go, because patent outside of
large cities is absolutely unknown;
that You can carry 4 lot OF damasl1 nap
kins because you are certain to want to
eat something in your room and don't
care to use towels; that you have bent
all your energy upon thinking what
you do want, and that you don't pro-
pose to let mere man argue you out
OF it. He always tries, doesn't he,
Dolly, but l am happy to say, in de-
Tense of my kind, that he seldom sue
ceeds. Bah, IN the Nceo York Star.
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